Microsoft distributes Microsoft SQL Server 2008 fixes as one downloadable file. Because the fixes are cumulative, each new release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 fix release.

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Under a heavy or prolonged workload, when the data collector runs, database maintenance activity on very large databases, such as rebuilding indexes, and updating statistics, may lead to the arithmetic overflow error as follows. This arithmetic overflow error occurs intermittently during the Collect a snapshot of sys.dm_exec_query_stats phase.

If you increase the data collector logging level to 2 (for example, you run the "exec sp_syscollector_update_collection_set @collection_set_id=<CollectionSetID>,@logging_level = 2" statement), the following error messages are returned:

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1. For more information about this cumulative update package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2008 fix release. Microsoft recommends that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 was released

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 hotfixes are created for specific SQL Server service packs. You must apply a SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 hotfix to an installation of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1. By default, any hotfix that is provided in a SQL Server service pack is included in the next SQL Server service pack.